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Obama's first year

 

Obama first year

Elected and still running

 

To see where we're going, though, we have to remember where we were a year ago. On the day America inaugurated its first black president, this was the fourth paragraph of the New York Times lead story on the swearing-in, headlined "Obama Takes Oath, and Nation in Crisis Embraces the Moment": 
Behind the scenes, Obama has been part of a promising rebuilding project

ByAngela Blackwell(source.www.salon.com)

A year into the Obama era, some progressives are feeling a mixture of sadness, resignation and disillusionment. Not me. 

Instead, I am energized and hopeful that the administration -- and millions of regular Americans far from the halls of power -- have laid a sturdy foundation for a strong, equitable, opportunity-rich America for the 21st century. 

 

 

But great challenges are actually what make up the stuff of great leaders, and regrettably, Barack Obama -- though mesmerizing on many levels -- has demonstrated thus far more of an ability to deliver policy outcomes generated by inertia and incrementalism rather than changing the laws of political gravity, which is what he must do if he is to succeed in office.
Yes, Obama inherited a presidency in bad shape. But he's yet to deliver the "change" he promised
By Steven ClemonExpectations of Barack Obama’s presidency perhaps have been unfair -- expecting him to deliver to a better place an America that had seen its military, economic and moral preeminence badly shattered during the preceding tenure of George W. Bush.

 

 

 

 

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